The most successful leader of the Populist movement wasWilliam McKinleyGrover ClevelandWilliam Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan was the Populist movement’s most successful leader. In 1896, the Populist Party supported Bryan, who also became the Democratic presidential nominee, giving Populist ideas a major national platform. McKinley and Cleveland were presidents but were not the movement’s leading figure.

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